Being a checker at a grocery store I sometimes get to see human ineptitude at it's finest from some of our customers. So, here I am tonight to poke fun at some of the silly things people do at the check-out counter.
When someone buys a gallon of milk or something similar we usually ask if they would like it in a sack. This is done since some people find it easier to carry, it helps with sweat on humid days or because they deem a plastic sack to be more worthy container for milk than the milk jug (just a bit harder to store in the fridge). Anyways, an amazing number of people reply, "That's fine." Uh, ok...... I just assume this means no. This also has happened when I have asked customers if they want their receipt... "That's fine." Why yes, sir, it is a fine receipt, but do you want it? I bite my tongue and throw it away.
A lot of people also seem to thing the conveyor belt makes a fine countertop for money and writing checks. Then they wonder why their money disappears or get mad when it ruins a pen stroke. All this despite the fact that a foot away we have two perfectly stationary surfaces to use. I suppose that would make sense though.
I'm standing at my register and someone comes around the corner, "Are you open?" Why no, I just like to stand here for no reason, you could call it a hobby. I suppose though that this one could be explained since sometimes checkers can be waiting to leave for break, counting down the register or whatnot. I have also stood at my register, with no one there. A customer strolls right by -- and right to the checker with the longest line. This happens to other checkers too. Heh, people are amusing. Not enough to make the job enjoyable though. Oh well. :-)
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I like what you wrote. It made me laugh. I have also noticed the stupid things people can do, but in my case it parents and that is really scary
My favorite is when people wait till after you've finalized their transaction to realize that the product price was different than they thought, and now they don't want it anymore. Thus you have to re-ring the whole thing because they didn't take the time to look at the screen two seconds earlier.
Heh, haven't had that happen, Chris. I did forget a lot of other things though. For example they watch me pick up an item, "That's $4.99," they say. I'm sitting here thinking, I don't give a hoot how much the thing is, that's why I have this computer here. If the wrong price shows up on the screen, that's when I care.
Of course we get a lot of people who can't read the prices on the self right.
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